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{
"time": "2020-12-03 18:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Susan McGee",
"fr": "Mme Susan McGee"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6439359\" data-originallang=\"en\">If that question was to all, I would only add one really quick response.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439360\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In this environment, particularly with homelessness, there are two things.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439361\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The actual experience of a person who's had a long life of homelessness really is analogous to a senior at 45 or 50 years of age. When we talk about seniors in our work, it varies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439362\" data-originallang=\"en\">The other thing is that in planning for housing and these supports, we often have have-nots amongst the have-nots. We really need to be intentional in prioritizing our resources. Once we get to community-level decision-making, we can, unfortunately, put the needs of seniors against the needs of, in some cases, individuals with significant mental health issues and a long life experience of addiction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439363\" data-originallang=\"en\">Both of those populations very much warrant support, and I would never oppose investment in seniors housing, but we really need to avoid putting those needs up against each other.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6439359\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si cette question s'adressait \u00e0 tous, je n'ajouterais qu'une seule r\u00e9ponse tr\u00e8s rapide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439360\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Dans ce contexte, particuli\u00e8rement en ce qui concerne l'itin\u00e9rance, il y a deux aspects \u00e0 relever.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439361\" data-originallang=\"en\"> L'exp\u00e9rience d'une personne qui a longtemps v\u00e9cu comme sans-abri est vraiment comparable \u00e0 celle d'une personne \u00e2g\u00e9e de 45 ou 50 ans. Il y a donc des variables quand on parle d'a\u00een\u00e9s dans notre travail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439362\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ensuite, c'est que dans la planification du logement et de ces mesures de soutien, nous avons souvent des gens plus gravement d\u00e9munis que d'autres. Nous devons sciemment \u00e9tablir l'ordre de priorit\u00e9 de r\u00e9partition de nos ressources. Une fois que nous devons prendre des d\u00e9cisions au niveau communautaire, il nous arrive, malheureusement, de devoir faire des choix entre les besoins des a\u00een\u00e9s et ceux de personnes qui ont de graves troubles de sant\u00e9 mentale et des probl\u00e8mes de toxicomanie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6439363\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ces deux populations m\u00e9ritent vraiment d'\u00eatre soutenues, et je ne m'opposerais jamais \u00e0 ce qu'on investisse dans le logement des a\u00een\u00e9s, mais nous devons \u00e0 tout prix \u00e9viter ce genre de confrontation entre les besoins des uns et des autres.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/human-resources/43-2/9/susan-mcgee-29/",
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"source_id": "11062203",
"document_url": "/committees/human-resources/43-2/9/",
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